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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Anita use a pencil?
(a) To draw pictures of things in her life.
(b) For her math homework.
(c) When she writes in her journal.
(d) To write down Carla's address.

2. What does Lucinda say the men know about their cousins?
(a) That they are out of this country, but not yet at their destination.
(b) That the cousins have been arrested.
(c) Where the cousins are.
(d) Nothing.

3. With whom does Anita talk after going to her uncle's house?
(a) Oscar.
(b) Sammy.
(c) Chucha.
(d) Lucinda.

4. What is the code name used for the person who likes young girls as sexual objects?
(a) The dictator's son.
(b) Mr. Smith.
(c) The dictator.
(d) Mr. Jones.

5. What is Anita doing when her mother comes in to talk with her?
(a) Her homework.
(b) Sewing.
(c) Writing in her diary.
(d) Washing the dishes.

6. What happens when word is taken to Tony's house that Mr. Smith's friends are there?
(a) Everyone disperses.
(b) Tony goes down a trap door in the cellar.
(c) Tony runs and hides in the Americans' home.
(d) Nothing because Tony has already been smuggled into the United States.

7. What are Carla and her siblings allowed to take?
(a) A small valise each.
(b) Only what they are wearing.
(c) Three sets of clothing.
(d) One item.

8. What are the men in dark glasses using as an excuse to search the compound?
(a) The fact that someone has made out-of-country phone calls from their home.
(b) That someone reported gun shots coming from the compound.
(c) That someone reported smoke coming from the compound.
(d) The disappearance of Carla's family.

9. Why is Anita upset with Sammy when she isn't invited?
(a) Sammy's eyes light up for his guest and not for Anita.
(b) Sammy does not understand her feelings about being excluded.
(c) Sammy asks Anita to constantly wait on him and his guest.
(d) Sammy is often rude to Anita when he has other company..

10. How many Volkswagons does Anita see coming up the driveway?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

11. What does Lucinda tell Susie about her upcoming birthday?
(a) They always skip celebrating that year's birthday because of superstition.
(b) They won't be able to celebrate it this year.
(c) It is the same day as Lucinda's birthday.
(d) It is an important one in the Dominican Republic.

12. Where is the setting of the school?
(a) Dominican Republic.
(b) Haiti.
(c) Bermuda
(d) Cuba.

13. Who is the other person who comes into the classroom?
(a) The new boy's mother.
(b) The new boy's father.
(c) Carla's mother.
(d) Anita's mother.

14. Why does Anita's father say they have to stay?
(a) To wait for Anita's older borther to be released from prison.
(b) To wait for Anita's older brother to get out of the military.
(c) To mind the store.
(d) To see if Tio Enrique will return.

15. Besides Oscar, who helps Anita see their leader in a different light?
(a) Her Tio Jose.
(b) Lucinda.
(c) Her Papi.
(d) Sammy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men in dark glasses are in the Volkswagons?

2. What does Chucha often see in her dreams?

3. What doesn't feel right to some of the students?

4. What does Mami tell Anita and Lucinda to do?

5. Who comes over to spend time with Sammy?

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